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Brendan Cullen
I am a PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. My research focuses on predicting real-world health behaviors and health outcomes in an effort to advance a precision medicine framework for behavioral health. As an aspiring data scientist, my goal is to develop open-source statistical software to support health and wellness.
Education
PhD Student, Psychology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
2022 - 2017
MS, Psychology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
2019 - 2017
BA, Neuroscience
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
2015 - 2011
Selected Positions
Lab Instructor
PSY 611: Data Analysis I, PSY 612: Data Analysis II,
PSY 302: Statistical Methods in Psychology
University of Oregon
2020 - 2019
- Designed and taught lab sections for undergraduate and graduate-level statistics classes in R and jamovi (see materials here).
Graduate Employee
Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab
University of Oregon
2018 - 2017
- Created and maintained automated workflow for daily backup of fMRI data via a high performance computing cluster
Research Assistant
Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab &
Embodied Neuroscience Lab
Brown University
2017 - 2015
- Cleaned, scored and 20+ self-report measures of mindfulness and mental health
- Designed custom software in MATLAB to implement novel EEG/EMG paradigm for measuring neural correlates of tactile acuity and precision grip strength
Selected Workshops Taught
UO Psych R Bootcamp
Department of Psychology
University of Oregon
2020
- 3-day introductory bootcamp covering basics of R, R Markdown and transforming and visualizing data with the tidyverse. ~45 attendees including current and incoming grad students, undergrads, research staff and tenure-track faculty.
Introduction to Git and Github
Psychology First Year Research Seminar
University of Oregon
2020
- Introductory workshop for ~20 first-year psychology PhD and Master’s students on basics of using Git and Github for version control
Selected Service
Co-organizer
Eugene, OR
2020
- Updated website, designed new hex sticker, secured additional sponsors